Inside the White House with D.C.'s most wired reporter. Sign up for Mike Allen's Axios AM.

Russian military plane crashes in Syria killing 39

Photo by Yuri Smityuk\TASS via Getty Images

A Russian military cargo plane has crashed at Khmeimim Air Base on the eastern coast of Syria, killing 33 passengers and 6 crew members, reports the AP. The Russian Ministry of Defense has said the crash was the result of a technical error and insists that it was not under fire.